Index of Religious Traditions
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Emphasis on reasoned inquiry and right action, 100
Buddhism
Archetypes within central story, 54, 216
Buddha-nature/buddha-mind, 22, 373
Buddha not unique, 170
Buddhist problems with "meaning" and
"reality," 46n, 174
Buddhist theolog;P, 175-176, 261-262,
263-267, 372-373, 375
Catholic (inclusive) expressions, 73, 109, 150
Concern about "meaning" and the "reality" of ultimate realityo,
46n, 66-67 Devotion (way of) bibliography, 315
Devotion (way of), place in Buddhism, 297-298
Dharma!Dhamma (teaching of the
Buddha, normative order of the uni-
verse), 179, 219, 264, 291, 301
Eightfold Path, 171, 182
Emphasis on reasoned inquiry, right action
and mystical quest, with priority on
mystical quest, 100, 101, 106, 216, 233
Enlightenment, 170, 261-262
Gods, conception of, 171, 316n
Impersonal or transpersonal conception
of ultimate realityo, 219, 220; counterpoint to this, 219
Inclusive of all ways of being religious, 169, 214
Karma!Kamma (personal destiny, regarded as
entirely a product of one's own previous actions),
171, 215, 299, 301, 302
Maitreya, 179
Merit, 179, 217
Middle Way, 123
Milinda, Questions of King, 262-267
Monasticism, 4, 12, 101, 106-107, 170, 216, 342
Mystical quest (way of) bibliography, 259
Mystical quest (way of), place in
Buddhism, 100, 101, 106, 216, 233
Nirvana/Nibbana (state of Enlightenment,
unconditioned being, deliverance from conditioned existence),
4, 64, 100, 108, 170, 174, 177, 178, 181, 215,
220, 262, 265-267, 301, 362, 372, 373
Non-sacramental, tendency to be, 53, 217, 220, 341-342
Overview of principal subtraditions, 169-170
Prajna/Panna ("wisdom"), 171, 172, 175
Puja (worship of an image of the
Buddha through offering of gifts), 374
Reasoned inquiry (way of) bibliography,
100, 101, 106, 216, 233, 277-278
Reasoned inquiry (way of), place in
Buddhism, 261-262
Right action (way of) bibliography, 293-294
Right action (way of), place in
Buddhism, 100, 101, 106, 216, 233, 281
Sacred rite (way of) bibliography, 364-365
Sacred rite (way of), place in Buddhism,
53, 217, 220, 342-342
Samadhi/Samadhi (absorbtive "mental
concentration," Buddhist meditative
discipline), 171, 172, 175
Samgha/Sangha (the monastic community,
and by extension the entire
Buddhist community), 172, 301, 316n
Samsara/Samsara (realm of rebirth/
reincarnation; "this world" to unenlightened,
conditioned existence), 171, 174, 175, 176,
177, 178, 181, 267, 297, 301, 318, 362
Sectarian exclusivism, 108
Self, denial of, 174, 215, 262, 263-264,
373, 378n
Shamanic Mediation (way of) bibliogra-
phy, 339
Shamanic Mediation (way of), place in
Buddhism, 317-318
Sila/Sila ("ethical virtue," encompassing
ethics and monastic discipline), 171, 172,
175, 221 (implicit), 234, 281
Story of Siddartha's Enlightenment, 54, 170, 216;
not essentially historical, 170, 219, 220
Stupa (relic shrine), 172-173 Transcental radicalism, 282-283
Ways of being religious (examples): devotion,
59, 108, 149, 172, 178-180, 297-305;
mystical quest, 64, 65, 100, 171-172, 176-178, 180, 220, 233-242;
reasoned inquiry, 67, 100, 171-172, 175-176, 180, 219, 261-267;
right action, 100, 106, 108, 171-172, 173, 175, 178, 180, 281, 282-285;
sacred rite, 54, 100, 105, 106, 119-120, 172, 178, 180, 217, 343-353;
shamanic. mediation, 62, 100, 105, 173, 180, 319-326
Buddhism: Mahayana
Amitabha/Ami-to-fo/Amida, 59,
108, 179, 216, 219, 297-305, 372
Avalokiteshvara/Kwan-yin/Kannon, 26, 179, 300
Bodhidharma, 177
Bodhisattva ("a buddha in the making"), 170, 174, 316n
Ching-t'u-tsung, 179
Death rituals, 178
Dharmakara/Hozo (the bodhisattva
who became Amitabha), 179, 216, 286
Dharmakaya (the dharma body of the
Buddha, the one, ultimate Buddha
nature of the universe), 174, 176, 219, 372
Distinguished from other lineages, 169-170, 174-175
Dogen, 177
Faith (shinjin), 299, 300, 312-313
Hua-yen/Kegon, 176
Jodo-shin-shu, 59, 147, 149, 150, 179,
298, 303, 370, 372
Jodo-shu, 179
Karuna (virtue of compassion,
characterizing ultimate reality), 56
Madhyamika/San-lun/Sanron, 175-176
Monastic-layperson relationships, 174, 179
Nagarjuna, 176
Nembutsu (invocation of Amida's name), 300, 302
Nichiren, 108, 175
Nichiren Shoshu, 175
Nichiren Shu, 175
Nirvana in Samsara, 174, 177, 178, 181, 362
Nyorai Japanese for tathagata, "manifestation of
Absolute truth [tatatha]"), 298-302, 372
Prajna-paramita teaching, 67, 175, 181, 320
Pure Land Buddhism, 59, 108, 179-180,
218-219, 220, 297-305, 375
Pure Land scriptures, 101, 220
Reiyukai, 175
Rinzai Zen Tea Ceremony, 343-353;
experience of, 343-347; ritual meal,
346-347; rules or rubrics of the art, 347-348, 366n;
sacramental meaning, 349-350, 351, 352-353, 362;
setting, 343-347, 349, 351;
transcending the rules and forms, 348
Rissho Koseikai, 175
San-chieh-chiao (Sect of the Three Stages), 175
Sanskrit canon of scriptures, 100, 101,
173, 216-217, 218, 220
Shingon. See Shingon under Buddhism:
Vajrayana
Shinran, 149, 179, 298-302 Shinran and
Pure Land Devotion, 297-305:
compassionate faceo of ultimate realityo, 298-300;
destiny of the saved, 300, 301, 302; faith,
nature, and necessity of, 299, 300;
invocation of divine aid, 299-300;
meeting trials and tribulations, 302, 303-305;
promise of grace, 298-299; sin, 299-301;
steps to salvation, 300--301; testimonies, 303-305
Shugendo: see Shugendo under
Buddhism: Vajrayana
Sokka Gakkai, 108, 370
Sunya (metaphysically empty or selfless,
having no "ownness"), 174
Sunyata (metaphysical emptiness; the
quality of unconditioned being), 176, 362, 372
Survey of ways of being religious, 173-180
T'ien-t'ai/Tendai, 73, 109, 150, 176, 178, 262;
see also under Buddhism: Vajrayana
Ways of being religious (examples):
devotion, 59, 101, 108, 149, 178-180,
297-305; mystical quest, 106, 176-178, 180;
reasoned inquiry, 67, 107, 175-176, 180;
right action, 56, 106-107, 108, 175, 178, 180;
sacred rite, 105, 106-107 119-120, 178, 180,
343-353; shamanic mediation, 180
(see also under Buddhism: Vajrayana);
see also under Buddhism
Yogacara (Vijnnanavada)/ Fa-hsiang, 176
Zen/Ch'an/Thien, 105, 106-107, 177-178, 217
Zen: Lin-chi/Soto, 177
Zen: Ts'ao-tung!Rinzai, 177;
koan study, 107, 177;
joint emphasis on mystical quest
and reasoned inquiry, 106-107;
ritualized art forms (do), 105, 107,
178, 217, 347-348, 362;
Tea Ceremony (Cba-no-yu or Cbado),
105, 106, 119-120, 343-353, 362, 371, 374
Buddhism: Theravada
Ambedkar, Bhimrao Ramji, 173
Ambedkar Buddhism, 173
Arhat/arahat ("one who is worthy" from
having attained Enlightenment), 174, 316n
Ariyaratne, A. Y., 283, 285 Ashoka, 173
Distinguished from other lineages, 169-170, 174-175
Monasticism, 4, 12, 150, 171-172, 173
Monastic-layperson relationships,
171-173, 283, 285
Nagasena Replies to the Questions of
King Milinda, 262-267 Non-sacramental
(tending to be), 53, 217, 220
Pali canon of scriptures, 170--171, 218
Sarvodaya Movement in Sri Lanka,
282,283-285, 371, 375
Satipatthana method of meditation, 233-242;
dealing with distractions and interruptions, 240--241;
main practice with selected subjects, 238-242;
mental attitude, 236-237; need for a meditation master, 233, 234;
posture, 235-236; presupposed faith and participation in the
Buddhist community, 236-237;
training in general mindfulness, 237-238;
walking meditation, 240
Sri Lanka, 4, 12,150,233,282,283-285
Status as a religion, 84n
Survey of ways of being religious, 170--173
Vipassana ("insight" meditation), 38, 172, 233
Ways of being religious: devotion, 172;
mystical quest, 4, 171-172, 233-242;
reasoned inquiry, 171-172, 262-267;
right action, 171-172, 173, 282-285;
sacred rite, 53, 172; shamanic mediation, 173, 318;
see also under Buddhism
Buddhism: Vajrayana
Chen-yen, 180
China, 100, 180, 318
Dalai Lama, 176, 281
Distinguished from other lineages,
169-170, 180--181
En-no Gyoja, 319, 320
Fudo-Myoo, 320,321,322,323,336,372
Gelukpa, 73, 182, 262
Healing and Exorcism in Japanese
Shugendo, 319-326; calling and Initiation, 319-321;
clairvoyance, clairaudience, 320, 322;
exorcism, 322, 323-324, 324-325;
healing, 322, 324-325, 325;
Heart Sutra recitation, 320, 323, 324, 336;
spirit powers/ presences, 320, 321-322;
trance or divine possession, 320, 322-323
Japan, 100, 107, 180, 182, 221, 319-326
Kargyupa, 182
Nying-ma-pa, 182
Prajna-paramita teaching, 181, 320
Relation to Mahayana, 169-170, 180--181
Shingon, 107, 180, 221
Shugendo, 180, 182, 318, 319, 321, 337, 370, 371, 372
Survey of ways of being religious, 180--182
Tantric practices, 181, 220; fusion of mystical quest,
sacred rite, and shamanic mediation, 217, 220--221
Tantric Scriptures, 101, 180--181, 218
Tendai, 180
Tibet, 62, 100, 105, 109, 180-182, 221, 318
Ways of being religious: devotion, 182;
mystical quest, 181; reasoned inquiry, 73, 182;
right action, 182; sacred rite,
100, 105, 107, 178, 181, 182, 221, 342;
shamanic mediation, 62, 100, 105, 181, 182, 319-326
Yamabushi, 180
Christianity
Anselm, 148, 151, 269-275
Anselm's Faith Seeking Understanding, 269-275
Aquinas, 151, 202
Archetypes within central story, 54, 191, 217-218
Augustine, 106, 151, 201, 268, 269
Authority, differing views, 190 Baptism of
Holy Spirit, 91, 205, 213, 327-328, 336-337
Benedict of Nursia, 202
Bernard of Clairvaux, 202
Bonaventure, 151
Catholic: Christian meaning of term, 95, 189, 196-197, 358;
usage in this book, 40, 108-109
Charismatic Movement, 62, 91, 149, 196, 205,
212-213, 318, 327-328, 337, 371, 372, 375;
caricature of, 116-118
Christian Science, 92
Devotio moderna, 102, 204
Devotion (way of) bibliography, 315-316
Devotion (way of), place in Christianity, 305-306
Esoteric Christianity, 221, 230n
Francis of Assisi, 106
Glossolalia ("gift of tongues"),
91, 213, 326, 327-328
Gospel story, 54, 191, 217-218, 305, 354;
essentially historical, 191-192, 218--219, 220
Holy Communion. See Divine Liturgy under
Christianity: Eastern Orthodox, and Mass
under Christianity: Roman Catholic
Inclusive of all ways of being religious, 169, 214
Kerygma (proclamation of the Gospel), 191
Kierkegaard, 151
Monasticism, 12, 92-93, 103, 149, 269;
caricature of, 117; Eastern Orthodox, 92, 195;
Protestant, 92; Roman Catholic,92, 199-200,202-203,269
Mystical quest (way of) bibliography, 259-260
Mystical quest (way of), place in Christianity, 242-243
Mystical spirituality in Eastern and
Western Christianity compared, 194-195, 203, 242-243
Non-sacramental Christianity, 52-53, 207-208
Overview of principal subtraditions, 189-192
Personal conception of ultimate realityo,
191, 219, 220, 242-243; counterpoint to this, 229n-230n
Pietist movement, 102, 148, 210
Reasoned inquiry (way of) bibliography, 278
Reasoned inquiry (way of), place in Christianity, 268--269
Revelation of God in Christ, 190-192, 218--219, 305
Right action (way of bibliography, 294
Right action (way of), place in Christianity, 285-286
Sacramental Christianity, 54, 88--89, 94,
194, 207-208, 221, 353, 363, 375;
caricature of, 116
Sacramental return to the events of the
Gospel, 192, 194, 220, 363 Sacraments,
54, 194, 198, 342 Sacred rite (way of bibliography), 365-366
Sacred rite (way of), place in Christianity, 192, 194, 220, 341-342
Scripture, views of, 189-190 Sectarian exclusivism, 107
Self (as transformed), affirmation of,
215, 373, 378n
Shamanic Mediation (way of) bibliography, 339-340
Shamanic Mediation (way of), place in
Christianity, 317-318
Spiritualist Church, 62, 92
State-church relationships, 198, 208--209
Tradition, differing views, 190
Trinity, 22, 194, 220, 246, 256, 355, 356, 363, 374
Virtues of moderation, 123
Ways of being religious (examples):
devotion, 4, 12, 59, 89, 90, 94, 102, 106,
107, 108, 149, 168, 195, 203-204, 206,
210-211, 218, 220, 305, 306-312 (caricature of, 116);
mystical quest, 4, 12, 64, 65, 92-93, 94, 103, 106,
148, 149, 194-195, 201-202, 202-203, 211, 213-214,
218, 220, 242-256 (caricature of, 117); reasoned inquiry,
67-68, 92, 94, 106, 148, 151, 168, 196, 201-202, 207,
218, 220, 268-275 (caricature of, 116); right action,
56, 89, 94, 106, 107, 108, 168, 195, 200-201,
208-210, 211-212, 217-218, 285-286, 286-291
(caricature of, 117); sacred rite, 53, 54, 88-89,
94, 106, 194, 199, 207-208, 211, 220, 221,
353-362 (caricature of, 116); shamanic mediation,
62, 90-92, 94, 105, 195-196, 204-205, 211,
212-213, 218, 326-336 (caricature of, 116-117)
Christianity: Eastern Orthodox
Authority, Orthodox view, 190, 193-194
Catholic (inclusive), 95, 189, 196-197, 358
Continuity, sense of, 193-194
Deification (theosis), 194-195, 255
Distinguished from other branches of
Christianity, 189-192, 193-194
Divine Liturgy, 88-89, 194, 198, 220,
353-362, 362-363, 371, 374
Entwined with ethnic identity, 193
Hesychasm ("tranquillity," method of
Orthodox contemplative spirituality), 195, 243
Holy Tradition, 190, 193-194 Icons, 194, 353-354
Jesus Prayer, 195, 243, 244-256
Monasticism, 64, 92, 195 Orthodox Divine Liturgy, 353-362;
experience of, 353-357; ritual meal, 356-357, 358;
rules or rubrics of the art, (implicit) 353-357;
sacramental meaning, 357-362, 363; setting, 353-354;
transcending the rules and forms, 361-362
Palamas, Gregory, 195, 253
The Prayer of the Heart method of meditation,
195, 242-256; breathing, 253-254; dealing with distractions,
248, 249; goal of tbeosis, 255-256; invocation of Jesus Christ,
246-247, 248-250, 252; journey from lips to mind to heart,
250-252; mental attitude, 247; need for a spiritual director
(geron, starets), 243, 244, 253; posture, 245;
presupposed faith and participation in sacramental life of Church,
243-254; self-acting prayer, 243-244, 251-252;
use of prayer rope (rosary), 245-246
Priesthood, 194
Sacraments, 54, 194
Schism of 1054, 194, 197
Survey of ways of being religious, 192-196
Symeon the New Theologian, 195
Synergistic spirituality, 194-195, 203, 242-243
Theology, 190, 196
Ways of being religious (examples):
devotion, 195; mystical quest, 64, 92-93, 194-195, 242-256;
reasoned inquiry, 196; right action, 195, 201;
sacred rite, 88-89, 194, 353-362; shamanic mediation, 195-196
Christianity: Oriental Orthodox
Distinct from Eastern Orthodox Christianity, 192-193
Christianity: Protestant
African-American Christianity, 91, 105, 212
African Christianity, 105, 213
Anabaptist, 108, 208
Assembly of God, 91
Authority, Protestant view, 190, 206-207
Baptist, 90, 208; as non-sacramental, 52-53
Billy Graham and Evangelical Piety,
306-312; compassionate faceo of
ultimate realityo, 307; destiny of the saved, 310;
faith, nature and necessity of, 309-310;
invocation of divine aid, 310;
meeting trials and tribulations, 311;
promise of grace, 306-307, 308-309; sin, 307-308;
steps to salvation, 307-310; testimonies, 306, 310-312
Brethren, Church of the, 90
Brethren, Swiss, 89, 208
Calvin, John, 209
Charismatic Movement, 62, 91, 212-213;
caricature of, 116-118; see also Charis-
matic Movement under Christianity Christian Church, 90
Church of God, 91
Church of God of Anderson,
Indiana, 212 Congregational, 208
Disciples of Christ, 90
Distinguished from other branches of
Christianity, 189-192, 205-209
Entwined with ethnic identity, 206-207
Episcopal/Anglican traditions, 54, 88,
94-95, 207, 208, 213, 221
Evangelical Protestant, 4, 59, 89-90, 102,
107, 149, 150, 168, 210-211, 212,
305-306, 370, 375; caricature of, 116
Free Church traditions, 208
Free Methodist, 90, 212
Friends (Quaker), 89
Fundamentalism, 90,141,207,212,305-306
Great A wakening, 90, .102, 210
Holiness Movement, 212, 213
Hutterite, 89, 208
Jehovah's Witness, 89, 212
Liberal Protestantism, 89, 148, 209-210
Luther, Martin, 149, 218
Lutheran traditions, 54, 88, 95, 207, 208, 213, 220
Mennonite, 89, 208
Methodist, 208, 211-212, 213
Millennialist movements, 212
Monasticism, 92, 213; predominant view
toward, 206, 213
Mormon, 89, 212, 370
Nazarene, 90, 212
Non-sacramental Protestantism, 207-208
Pentecostal Holiness, 91
Pentecostal Movement, 21, 62, 90, 91,
105, 205, 212-213, 318, 337; caricature
of, 116-117
Pietism, 102, 148
Presbyterian, 208, 220
Priority on way of devotion, 206 Puritan, 208
Quaker (Friends), 89, 108, 208, 213
Radical Reformation, 108, 208-209, 210
Reformation, 102, 108, 148, 198, 205-208, 218
Reformed Protestant, 208, 220
Sacramental Protestant traditions, 54, 88,
207-208, 218, 353
Salvation Army, 212
Scripture, view of, 207
Seventh Day Adventist, 89, 212
Social activist: caricature of, 117
Social Gospel Movement, 210
Study of Scripture, 67-68
Survey of ways of being religious, 205-214
Theology, 67-68, 93-94, 151, 190, 207;
caricature of, 116
Vernacular reformulation of Western
Christianity, 205-207
Ways of being religious (examples):
devotion, 4, 59, 89, 90, 102, 107, 108,
149, 168, 206, 218, 305, 306-312;
mystical quest, 92-93, 211, 213-214;
reasoned inquiry, 67-68, 93-94, 151,
168, 207, 211, 220; right action,
89, 108, 168, 208-210, 211-212;
sacred rite, 53, 88-89, 211;
shamanic mediation, 90-92, 105, 211, 212-213
Wesley, John, 211, 212 Wesleyan Methodist, 90
Christianity: Roman Catholic
Authority, Roman Catholic view, 190, 197-198
Caricature of, 116
Catholic (inclusive), 95, 109, 150, 199;
sense of its own catholicity, 196-197
Catholic Worker Movement, 285-291, 370, 371
Charismatic Movement, 62, 91, 149,
205, 318, 326, 327-328, 371, 372
Distinguished from other branches of
Christianity, 189-192, 197-198
Dorothy Day, 201, 286-291 Enlightenment (effects)
Entwined with ethnic identity, 197 John of the Cross, 203
Healing and Exorcism in a Charismatic Community, 326-336;
calling and Initiation, 327-328, 329-330;
clairvoyance, clair audience("gift of knowledge"),
327, 332, 333, 335;
exorcism, 331, 332, 334-336; healing, 331-334;
prophecy, 328-330; spirit power/presence,
326-327, 327-328, 329-330; trance or divine
possession, 328, 329-330, 337
Liberation Theology, 89, 107, 201, 210
Mass (or Eucharist), 38, 88-89, 198-199, 220, 353
Modernism, 209-210
Monastic-layperson relationships, 199-200
Monasticism, 64, 92-93, 103, 199-200,
200-203, 214, 269; Benedictine, 92, 202;
caricature of, 117; Trappist, 92-93, 95
Mother Teresa of Calcutta, 106, 201
Mystical experience as miraculous
intervention, 203, 242-243
Mystics, 202-203 Priesthood, 199, 201
Pope, 196, 197-198 Religious Orders, 199-200
Sacraments, 54, 198
Saints, cult of, 204-205
Schism of 1054, 194, 197
Survey of ways of being religious, 196-205
Teresa of Avila, 106
Theology, 93, 151, 190, 201-202, 220,
268-269; caricature of, 116;
monastic theology, 201-202, 270;
scholastic theology, 202, 268-269
Vatican II
Virgin Mary, 25, 91-92, 204
Ways of being religious (examples):
devotion, 106, 203-204; mystical quest,
64, 103, 106, 201-202, 202-203; reasoned inquiry,
93-94, 106, 151, 201-202, 268-269, 269-275;
right action, 89, 106, 107, 200-201, 286-291;
sacred rite, 54, 88-89, 106, 199; shamanic mediation,
91-92, 149, 204-205, 326-336
Confucianism
Cultivation of virtue, 67
Da, 21,22,56,106
Great Mean, 123
Ideal of sagehood, 67
Status as a religion, 84n
Ways of being religious (examples cited
in this book): reasoned inquiry, 67, 149;
right action, 56, 106, 149; sacred rite, 106
Daoism
Balance in all things, 123
Da, 21,22,56,177 Influence on Ch'an/Zen, 177
Philosophical Daoism, 56, 123 Status of
Philosophical Daoism as a religion, 84n
Ways of being religious (examples cited
in this book): mystical quest, 64;
right action, 56; shamanic mediation, 62
Hinduism
Bhagavad Gita, 9-10
Bhakti Yoga, 9, 59, 100
Brahman, 8, 15n
Characterized as a whole, 8, 9-10, 15n
Dhyana Yoga, 9, 10, 64
Dharma, 56, 106
Ekagrata, 21
Four aims of life, balance between, 123
Jnana Yoga, 9, 10, 67
Karma Yoga, 8-9, 10
Krasna 8, 22, 59
"Many paths to 'God,"' 8, 10
Margas. See Yogas
Puranas, 100
Sectarian exclusivism, 108
Siva, 8
Sri Vaishnava, 59
Upanishads, 15n
Vedas, religion of, 15n, 100
Ways of being religious: devotion, 9,
100; mystical quest, 9, 64;
reasoned inquiry, 9, 67; right action, 8, 56, 106;
sacred rite, 10, 106; shamanic mediation, 10, 62
Yogas (or margas), 8-10, 14; diagrammed, 9
Islam
al-Ghazzali, 125, 142n
Allah, 21
Hajj, 119-120
Mu'tazilite Theology, 103
Qur'an, 56, 99, 106
Right action dominant, 99, 107-108
Rumi, Djalal-od-Din, 148, 160n
Sectarian exclusivism, 108
Study of law (Shari'a), 67, 125, 151
Sufism, 64, 99, 125
Sunni Islam, 99, 107-108
Theology 67, 103, 125, 151
wali, 62
Ways of being religious: devotion, 99,
125; mystical quest, 64, 99, 125, 148;
Ways of being religious (cont.)
reasoned inquiry, 67, 99, 103, 125, 151;
right action, 56, 106, 107-108; sacred rite,
53, 106, 119-120; shamanic mediation, 62
wilaya, 21
Judaism
Halakha, 106
Hasidism, 62, 102
Kabbala, 64, 102
Passover, 53, 101
Sabbath observance, 101, 106 Siddur, 102
Talmudic study, 38, 67, 101, 149, 151 Torah, 67, 101, 149
tzedekah, 21
Ways of being religious: devotion, 102;
mystical quest, 64, 101-102;
reasoned inquiry, 67, 101, 149, 151;
right action, 56, 106, 149;
sacred rite, 53, 101, 106;
shamanic mediation, 62, 102
Native American
Sioux story of White Buffalo Cow
Woman, 54
Wakan-tanka, 22
Ways of Being Religious: (examples
cited in this book): sacred rite, 54, 103;
shamanic mediation, 103
Other indigenous religions
African, 103
Australian, 103
Korean, 62
Pacific, 103
Tibetan (Bon), 105
Tlingit, 38
Shinto
Influence on Zen, 177
Kami, 22
"Syncretism" in, 104
Ways of being religious:
devotion, 104;
mystical quest, 64, 104;
reasoned inquiry, 104;
right action, 104;
sacred rite, 104;
shamanic mediation, 62, 104